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<blockquote data-quote="Bright Raven" data-source="post: 1585033" data-attributes="member: 27490"><p>It is not uncommon for producers to not have handling facilities in Kentucky. The CAIP program has reduced the number of producers operating without facilities.</p><p></p><p>Some of these folks run the cow into an old tobacco barn. The problem still remains - they have no means to restrain the cow much less a bull. Before CAIP, some folks had board alley ways with a head gate at the end.</p><p></p><p>Some veterinarians have a policy that they will not make farm visits if the producer does not have facilities to restain the cow. Too many veterinarians have been injured tying a cow to a tree to pull a calf.</p><p></p><p>My dad and oldest brother ran beef cows on the family farm for 40 years with no handling facilities. The cows seemed fairly tame until you needed to handle one. Sometimes the only way you could assist on calving is when the cow went down and was so exhausted that she was no longer a threat. I guess it speaks to the functionality of the cows they had, because they never vaccinated, treated or wormed. I bought their last 4 cows. They were big. Average of the four was 1900 pounds. When I got my facility and tried to get them in, one big cow that I called "Big Bertha" started looking up over the wall of the crowding pen. To my amazement, when I crowded her, she leaped up on the wall and pulled her udder and hind legs the rest of the way over and went about grazing.</p><p></p><p>In conclusion, I totally agree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bright Raven, post: 1585033, member: 27490"] It is not uncommon for producers to not have handling facilities in Kentucky. The CAIP program has reduced the number of producers operating without facilities. Some of these folks run the cow into an old tobacco barn. The problem still remains - they have no means to restrain the cow much less a bull. Before CAIP, some folks had board alley ways with a head gate at the end. Some veterinarians have a policy that they will not make farm visits if the producer does not have facilities to restain the cow. Too many veterinarians have been injured tying a cow to a tree to pull a calf. My dad and oldest brother ran beef cows on the family farm for 40 years with no handling facilities. The cows seemed fairly tame until you needed to handle one. Sometimes the only way you could assist on calving is when the cow went down and was so exhausted that she was no longer a threat. I guess it speaks to the functionality of the cows they had, because they never vaccinated, treated or wormed. I bought their last 4 cows. They were big. Average of the four was 1900 pounds. When I got my facility and tried to get them in, one big cow that I called "Big Bertha" started looking up over the wall of the crowding pen. To my amazement, when I crowded her, she leaped up on the wall and pulled her udder and hind legs the rest of the way over and went about grazing. In conclusion, I totally agree. [/QUOTE]
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